Video for Windows

[Richard Miller]

Stephen,

Thanks for the thoughts. Unfortunately, it's not this simple. The Rev 
command that is designed to do this (save the settings) specifically 
does not work under Video for Windows (as stated in the Rev docs). Yet, 
the settings are being temporarily stored somewhere in Windows. But 
where and how to access? I can't figure it out.

Richard



stephen barncard wrote:
> The value is probably stored in a variable. Can you edit the stack and use a
> custom property to store instead of RAM? A lot of REV demo stacks are very
> basic and it is up to the programmer to take the hooks and actually make a
> 'program'.
>
> -------------------------
> Stephen Barncard
> San Francisco
> http://barncard.com
>
>
> 2009/5/5 Richard Miller <wow at together.net>
>
>   
>> Someone here's just got to have some thoughts on this one. Here's what I
>> know, all of which can be readily seen from the Video Capture stack that
>> comes with any copy of Rev (in the Resources --> Sample Projects folder).
>>
>> Plug a camcorder or webcam into a PC and set the program to VFW (Video for
>> Windows).
>> Press Start Preview
>> Press Video Compression
>>
>> Now at this point, the selection of any compressor IS saved somewhere,
>> because if you select a compressor and hit OK, then hit Start Recording,
>> that newly-selected compressor IS used during the recording of the next
>> video. Further, if you open Video Source, make a change, then go back to
>> Video Compression, the change from before is still intact. But if you quit
>> the program and reopen it, the changes are gone. So the change IS being
>> stored somewhere (a variable?... a Windows setting?) for the time during a
>> given session AND passed to some place where Start Recording can then access
>> it. Any thoughts on where it is stored and how to make it available to
>> future recording sessions? What is it that Start Recording (under VFW) is
>> tapping into as the settings to be used in the next recording?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Richard Miller
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Richard Miller wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Is there a way to save (and later access) the compression and video format
>>> settings using the Video for Windows option when capturing video through
>>> Rev? I've only ever used Quicktime, which I know can save these using the
>>> revVideoGrabSettings. But that option doesn't work for VFW. Anyone figure
>>> out a workaround for this?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> Richard Miller
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